Tag: regex
Cleaning up Links in your WordPress Site After Switching Domains or Permalinks
I recently moved this content from Monday By Noon where it sat for over a decade to its new place here on this domain. I learned a lot about a lot during that time and as I iterated on the site I played around with permalinks a number of times. There was a time when […]
Posted: September 04, 2018
Debuggex: Online visual regex tester. JavaScript, Python, and PCRE.
This is a wicked neat application that helps you visually debug the craziness that is regular expressions. I’ve never considered myself proficient when working with regex, so these tools are always super intriguing to me.
Posted: October 15, 2013
Stop Validating Email Addresses With Your Complex Regex
Stop Validating Email Addresses With Your Complex Regex – davidcelis.com. Email validation regex at some points feels like an unsolvable problem. David argues against email validation at all and acknowledges the possibility of just sending the email to the entered address. There are some pros and cons to the technique, but it’s an interesting idea.
Posted: October 16, 2012
Scriptular
Scriptular. Regular expressions are awesome. To date I’ve been using the immensely popular Rubular for quick regex testing but it’s awesome to see a JavaScript-specific implementation for us to use!
Posted: March 05, 2012
Learn Regex The Hard Way Scanning And Parsing Text Without Going Insane
Learn Regex The Hard Way Scanning And Parsing Text Without Going Insane. Regex. It continues to be one of the more challenging things for me since it usually involves writing a custom pattern. Sure there are the classic regular expressions to validate various common circumstances, but trying to write your own regex for a very […]
Posted: February 29, 2012